I haven't seen you in this county, Sheriff.
Oh, I work south of here.
He works south of here.
What'd he do?
Oh, don't worry. He's not dangerous.
Robbed a store. First offense.
He robbed a store.
Now what? What's the matter now?
Probably a rock slide or mud slide or somethin'.
Sheriff, looks like a holdup!
Calm down, everyone. Now calm down!
If you have any guns, pass 'em up to me.
If they see one on you, they'll shoot.
I'll protect your valuables too. Just drop 'em in this blanket.
Do what the Sheriff says!
Oh, that's beautiful.
Drop 'em right in there. We'll take care of 'em.
Get 'em up.
Just keep quiet and nobody's gonna get hurt.
Oh, that's trouble. It won't come off.
I saw a man lose a finger like that.
Chopped clean with a bowie knife.
Everybody, get down low now.
Don't want anybody in my line of fire.
Give me that strongbox for Cumbres.
Why don't you do something decent for once?
Go back in the other car and help those people,
and I'll ask the judge to go easy with you. Keep your heads down.
Don't shoot. Here it is.
Here.
I wanna thank you kindly, folks.
You're an outstanding group of citizens,
and I'll always remember your generosity.
Hey!
Come on.
Somebody get the Sheriff! Holdup, other side of the bend!
Come on, girls, get up and go to work.
Or somebody'll be soup.
Gladys. Quit feeling sorry for yourself.
Someone's gotta do it, and I haven't got time.
Three measly eggs!
Those hens are sure laying down on the job.
You want them for dinner? Sure.
How? Well, fried.
Bennie, I fixed the gate, but the hinges need oiling.
Sí, señora.
Would you check the pump? I don't know if I packed it.
Esta bein, señora.
You're doing a great job, señora.
Well, thank you. Paint it on the barn.
I want the neighbors to know. I want to look at that property...
Over by Goodwin's, so if you'll get ready.
I'll tell the Butler to finish cleaning the house,
and the upstairs maid can do the laundry.
The downstairs maid can lay out my white satin dress.
Hi, Pook. Train robbery!
Happened about two hours ago. Anybody hurt?
No, thank god, but they got $12,000 in cash!
Bennie, saddle up Almanac.
I'll cool my horse out and wait for ya.
What's wrong, Chuck?
A little trouble in town. Nothin' to get excited over.
Well, what is it? Same old thing.
Some drunks got out of hand.
Why can't Joe do it? What are deputies for?
I said, why can't Joe do it?
Because he's in Abioue...
Giving testimony on that claim jumper who got stabbed.
Don't you remember? No.
You look kind of grim to be going after some drunks.
Well, this helps sober 'em up awful fast.
Will you be back soon?
Just as soon as I lock 'em up.
Pook? Come here!
- What happened? - Train robbery, Miss Jarvis.
Art, I gotta hand it to ya.
Whole thing went off as slick as spit on a round doorknob.
There'll be more, Billy.
I got a sleepless hate for railroads.
Four years ago I had a farm in Iowa...
Flat as my hand, a cornfield like you never seen.
Government let the railroad come through and take it all.
A mile on either side of the tracks.
They gave me $22 an acre and kicked me off land...
I'd been working for 20 years.
I'm just gettin' some of that back.
Stop worryin'. The Sheriff in Cumbres is so fat,
he uses a barrel hoop for a belt.
He couldn't catch a milk cow if it had a bell on it!
Tell me about it when we get to Mexico.
We'll be down in the desert before he can saddle his horse.
This is the third incident of wanton robbery in the past four months.
I've been appointed District Attorney of this county...
To bring law and order!
Then why don't you call in the federal Marshall?
Meanwhile, take my advice...
And tell the railroads to ride shotgun on their cabs!
Those of you who were on the train,
is there anyone here who can identify the outlaws?
Charles, Billy Massey was one of 'em.
You're wrong, Mr. Bonney. Billy's in Mexico.
I'm sorry, Charles. It was Billy.
Massey?
I believe he's an old friend of yours, isn't he, Sheriff?
Yes, we grew up together. Now I insist...
you stick to practicin' law. I'll enforce it!
Joe, interview the witnesses.
That, Sheriff, is my prerogative.
Passengers on the train will please come to my office.
How did they ride out? South.
Four of them. Probably headed for Mexico.
I'm sad about this, Charles.
I've known you and Billy since the day you came to this county.
You better get on to Wilson's office.
He's waitin' for you. Oh, no hurry.
He'll take ten minutes talkin' about how the president appointed him...
To bring law to this lawless community.
You'd think he'd save some of that breath for breathin'.
Looks like a worthwhile day's work.
Not a bad haul.
How could you be so stupid?
This is the stupidest thing you ever did.
What's stupid about it?
It just don't make sense workin' for somebody else.
For 20 years we've been sayin' we're gonna get a ranch.
We haven't got enough money yet.
There's enough to bet on me in that shootin' contest Sunday.
Billy did it too!
Good boy, Billy boy!
50 cents on lefty Collins. What's your name, sir?
Sanchez.
Sir, I'll be right with you. Plenty of time for everybody.
Now look what they're doing.
Billy, we've got $1,500. Don't you think...
we need $2,500 for that ranch.
He's a professional sharpshooter. You mean, he was.
Now you cover all bets. Billy, you're crazy.
But I like your confidence.
If I miss, which don't seem likely,
we can always cuff our meals at Kate's.
You'll take us, won't you? Oh, sure.
I've got a special credit dinner: Biscuits and sop.
You just plant a kiss on old Betsy here, and don't worry.
Don't bother with the small bets.
I'll cover the $1,500.
Okay, but I don't like your confidence.
Mr. Bonney, will you hold this bet here?
Good shootin', Lefty!
Our father...
Hey, just a minute, friends.
Look at the bottom of that bottle.
By god, it went clean through the neck!
They'd better start humpin', or we ain't gonna have a herd.
If that bull was only half as horny as you,
we'd be in business.
You want me to go after him?
Him? You told me there were four.
If Bonney was right, if it is Billy...
If it is Billy, I don't want you to go.
He shoots better than you. What'll happen if you get a bead on him first?
I don't know.
I'll get some trackers. Load me four days' supplies and a mule.
I'm coming back this way.
Want to take this for identification?
Yeah. Good idea.
If Billy did it, any guesses why?
Busted, most likely, huh?
Why the hell didn't he come to me?
That's a nice-lookin' gold watch.
We all took the same chances,
but the divvying up don't seem the same.
When we met back in Bisby, I said we share.
I didn't say we share exactly even. Oh.
Well, I am beholden to you. You invited me.
That's very true. We should part friends.
Take up your share and get ridin'.
Well, I am grateful.
Everything considered, I am a most fortunate man.
You've lifted me out of poverty,
opened your hearts and you opened my eyes.
Now let's close up the blanket.
Come on, close it up.
That's it.
Stand back about ten feet.
No, not straight.
Just in case one of you got somethin' in your sleeve beside your arm,
we're gonna do some ear grabbin'.
Art, you should learn not to be so greedy.
I never naturally liked greedy people.
Oh, Mike shouldn't have done that.
Now I'm gonna have to ask you to throw your belts away.
Bet you a penny I beat you!
Okay, ready, set, go!
Billy, stop spittin' at me or I'll dunk you!
I'm not spittin' at you, Chuck. You just got in the way!
I'm spittin' at the world!
That's the world spittin' back at ya.
Oh, they got me.
- Three dollar. - Two dollars a day, and grub.
Two-fifty, and I want big-eye.
Big-eye, ten dollars.
He speak your tongue good.
I know. My wife taught him.
Everybody gets the same. Two-fifty.
Three dollars.
We heard you'd be out here.
Wilson thought you might need help.
Wanted to make sure Massey didn't get away from ya.
That's very nice of him.
He asked me and them to ride with ya.
Not this time. I'm using trackers.
I hope that was an accident.
Get off that horse!
Okay, change mind. Two dollars fifty.
Changed my mind too. Three dollars.
Kate, I didn't want you to worry.
Why? Just because the last Sheriff got it in the back.
How did you find out about the train?
You forgot to tell Pook it was a big secret.
Well,
at least you got them without any shooting.
Chuck, please don't lie to me anymore.
Where are you going?
You want the truth? Yes.
Trackers.
We had a bullet hole about four months ago. For god's sake.
How about one on the other side?
We've been through this before! Nice, clean widow maker!
Here's to the widow.
Billy was one of them.
I don't believe it. Jack Bonney saw him.
Billy's in Mexico. Billy posed as a Sheriff.
We had a letter... that letter was two years ago!
Why did he have to pick this county?
Because he knows every rock, hill and creek of it.
Does he know that you're the Sheriff?
I'll have to ask him if I can catch him. Hope you don't.
For my sake. He's a better shot.
You don't have to remind me.
Chuck... Chuck!
I...
I know I stick pins in you and I nip at you...
And I rub sand in your craw,
but it's only because I worry.
And I worry 'cause I love ya.
Even a blind Indian could follow these tracks.
Four horses. One of them's got a crooked shoe, left foreleg.
Straight on this side, then it curves.
That's where they went out. Let's move!
Come on, git.
Git! Come on!
Is rabbit the only thing you can cook?
Oh, no. I make a hell of an owl stew.
Let's go over to Kate's place, get somethin' decent to eat.
Maybe we can take her dancin' afterwards.
- Another one. - That's a big one.
Evenin', Sheriff. Evenin', boys.
Earl Cole and a couple of others dragged big-eye out of the kitchen!
If you respectable, self-abiding citizens...
Are just gonna sit there, I'll do it myself!
Fire that, they're gonna put you in jail.
And I'm gonna have to eat his owl stew,
and that could kill a man.
Come on, Billy.
We havin' the dance at the hall next week?
About next month, I think. That's no good for me.
We don't need no help.
He must've done somethin' awful to deserve this.
Those boots he's wearin', he must've stole 'em.
I find them back at Mr. Bacca's house.
He throw them aw ay. You Mandy red-ear!
You not only steal, you're a liar too!
He's gonna learn the hard way.
Right, Billy? A lesson's gotta be taught right here and now!
Oh, and thank the Lord that this fine gentleman...
has the courage to protect this town from lyin' and thievin'!
Good, Chuck.
You can sleep in the bunkhouse tonight,
but tomorrow you get back to the reservation and keep out of town!
How is he?
He's still unconscious.
Most likely left here at first light.
Got a lot of catching up to do.
I never thought someday I'd be tracking Billy.
Neither did I.
I don't like doin' this one damn bit!
And you know why. How do you think I feel?
Looks like Billy had a rabbit for dinner. Let's go.
Buenos dias.
Big, muy Grande.
Muy, Muy Grande.
Husband? Esposo? No, es mi padre.
Padre Aqui?
No, mi padre esta trabajando.
- Sola? - Sí, señor.
Hungry. Tenqo hambre.
Venga se.
Don't mind if I do.
Somebody had a hell of a nosebleed.
Somebody got dragged too.
Chuck, look at this.
The one with the crooked shoe went south alone, see?
Yeah.
And galloped. Look at the length of that stride.
Probably has something to do with that blood back there.
Ouieres mas? No, bueno. Basto.
This chili can sure heat a man up,
and you don't help cool me down either.
The three horses joined here and went south too, following crooked shoe.
Yeah, but going slower.
Maybe catering to whoever got shot.
Looks like somebody took a shot at crooked shoe hightailing it out of here.
Let's move!
Wasn't much of a funeral.
Stranger to me.
What the coyotes don't get, the buzzards will.
Any guess how far behind we are? Not yet.
As soon as we come across some horse droppings, I can tell you.
Como me gusta?
Que pasa?
Snake got him. Won't be much good to us now.
You're right, hunters! And they're hunting for me!
Que pasa? Magnifico.
Muchas gracias. Adios!
Sí, yo lo conozco.
Es un hombre muy bueno.
Mira que me dio.
Muchas gracias.
My guess is, he did more than just water his horse.
Where the hell did he go?
His only chance is Mexico.
He knows by now, same as us, somebody's on our tails.
You're goin' the wrong way, farmer, but just keep goin'.
Stampeding mustangs. Pretty damn smart.
Takes six hours for stepped-on grass to come up again.
It's come back this much, about two hours' worth.
Your brother see anything over there?
Yeah, single tracks. The crooked shoe.
Headed north for the mountains? What the hell for?
'Cause the two that's chasin' him went south.
We goin' to the border?
Thanks for the excuse, but we'll head that way.
Billy's got the loot. They want that as much as they want him.
Let the others go? You can't ride two ways at once.
I wish I hadn't told you. So do I.
I don't know who they are, tops,
but I'll bet you they ain't friendly.
We'd better go higher.
It's about an hour old.
It's a stinkin' way to tell time,
but at least we're gaining on him.
Billy.
Look at you.
Well, tops, we can't go back,
and we sure as hell can't go that way.
Tops, we're gonna get to the other side.
We're gonna go tiptoe light and easy...
Like we were sneakin' out the back door...
And the husband was comin' in the front.
Billy's runnin' in big-ass circles.
Then he'll hot-tail across the border.
Show up in Nogales or Magadalena like you said.
No, we missed him. He's back there somewheres.
Well, I'm for washin' it out.
No, we'll get him, Perry.
Think he went over, or that's what he wants us to think?
Yeah, he kicked this over with his boot.
The underside is always darker. Yeah?
Somethin' stepped on this and flipped it over, not too long ago.
Could have been a deer or somethin'.
Yeah.
That's froth from a horse.
Hi, Duke. Where's your friend?
What are you doing here? Just ridin' by.
Hello, Kate. Just get up and ride out!
You held up a train, you fool!
Word didn't never used to travel that fast.
Billy, you can't stay here.
That ain't friendly.
Do we kiss or do we just shake hands, Mrs. Jarvis?
You can't stay here!
Is Chuck around? Where is the old moose?
He's out looking for you!
How'd he know I was back in these parts? He's the Sheriff now.
- Chuck's a Sheriff? - Yes!
And I came back here? What happened to Metcalf?
Murdered.
A year and a half ago.
I told the other men I was ridin' with...
That the Sheriff was a potbellied old...
I might have known. Chuck, solid as a steam engine.
Billy, please leave. Why don't you relax, Kate?
They're headin' for a gorge, lookin' for my carcass.
It'll be two days before they get down and back.
Ain't you gonna invite me in?
All right. You must be hungry.
Hungry enough to eat a saddle blanket.
You alone?
Yes, Bennie's gone to town.
It sure looks different. A real female touch now.
New furniture, pretty white curtains.
Hey, look at that.
Remember how we used to go dancin'?
I'll never forget when you and me won that waltzin' contest.
Chuck never could get the knack of it.
He always danced like he was wearin' wooden underwear.
He's a very good dancer, now.
That was quite a day.
Chuck was as helpless as a frozen snake.
Charles and Katherine, as Justice Of The Peace of this county,
it gives me a lot of pleasure to pronounce you...
Man and wife.
What god hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
I thought you and Chuck would have a kid by now.
I don't see a sign of one.
There's a grave out back.
Oh, I'm sorry, Kate.
I didn't know.
Wasn't Chuck satisfied ranchin'?
Oh, sure, he still ranches...
when he isn't out chasing idiots like you.
The county needed a good Sheriff,
so the people persuaded him to take the job.
You like being married to a Sheriff?
No!
I buried my first husband when I was 19.
He was a lawman. Found him on my doorstep.
Looked like a hayrake had passed over him.
I think that you think I don't like you.
I stepped in between Damon and Pythias.
Who are they?
Juggling act. They play all the better saloons.
I've often wondered why you and me never hooked up.
Hook up to the tail of a kite with no string on it?
Might've been a fun ride.
I love Chuck.
Oh, well, he's lovable.
You think lovable would mind if I used his razor?
I don't know.
At least, Kate, let me water my damn horse!
Use his razor.
Get yourself a new stove.
We got that secondhand when we moved in here.
I kind of like it. It's dependable.
Like Chuck, it stays around and doesn't get into trouble.
The pump out front is broken. Use the trough in the back.
Nothin' ever went right after I left you and Chuck.
We didn't chase you off. No, no, no.
But the view from the window of that shack is awful clear.
Every now and then, at night,
when the lamps were lit in here, I'd watch you movin' around.
Just a shadow through the curtain,
but it was some shadow.
And I'd hear your voice no louder than a faraway echo,
soft and appealing.
A man can't stand that too long.
You know, if they took half of you and half of Chuck...
And kind of mashed it up into one human being,
it'd really be something.
This is the first time I've ever done anything like this.
You tell Chuck that I'm sorry I put him in a bind.
When it's safe, I'm goin' back to Mexico.
Then you and Chuck can visit and we'll have some laughs.
He'll keep on looking for you.
Oh, I don't know.
I think just this once, he'll look the other way.
He wouldn't go to your place, would he?
Billy? No, he wouldn't do that.
All right, let's go flush him out.
You hired me to track Billy, not to shoot him.
So I did.
Be at my office in the morning, and pick up your money.
Yeah.
Stayed in Durango 'n spent the money for my half of the ranch.
Went to Cuba with the rough riders.
When I came back I drifted along the border,
caught the fever, lost a lot of weight.
I was so thin, I could've took a bath in a shotgun barrel.
That's Chuck. I know how the dogs sound.
Chuck! Where is he?
He's gone. He's gone!
Chuck, I...
Chuck!
I told Kate you'd look the other way. You fooled me.
Drop it, Billy.
Drop it!
I can get three shots off while you're tryin' to get one.
You know that.
Silly damn thing to do, Kate.
Get out of the way, Kate.
I said, move!
Give me the gun, Billy.
That's a hell of a deputy you got there.
I saw the grave, Chuck.
I wish I'd have known him.
Eat your supper.
Never saw anybody work so slow on a pork chop.
I figure as soon as I finish, we gotta go.
No, you smell gamy. Have a bath.
We'll go in in the morning. I might sneak out.
Not handcuffed to that bed upstairs.
You even sound like a Sheriff. You like Sheriffin'?
Well, it's a job.
What kind of salary you get?
No salary.
Two dollars for serving a warrant,
three dollars for arresting...
and 50 cents a mile for chasing idiots... like you.
Then you oughta thank me for doublin' back.
I let you make a few extra bucks.
And I figure all told,
you must clear about 200 a year.
Yeah, about that.
Just think, only half of what's in that saddlebag...
Might be about
I also pick up a little extra by...
Turning in anybody trying to bribe a peace officer.
You don't think I'd try to bribe...
A straight, upstanding, honest citizen like you?
Of course not.
Why don't you put that gun away. I ain't goin' no place.
You mind me askin' why you're stoppin' trains?
I was infected with a social disease...
Known as bad luck.
Juries are beginning to take a dim view of bad luck.
All right, I'll be the best jailbird Santa Fe's ever had.
What do you think I'll get?
Chuck, help!
Chuck! Here I come, Billy!
; I don't believe Billy would do a thing like that.
He always was a wild one.
Depends.
Considering the circumstances,
they might show clemency. Clemency?
I'll have to testify, of course.
Let me see if I can reconstruct the whole thing.
Well, I met these fellas...
I'll do the talking! You just answer questions.
These three men were professionals.
You were broke, and they got you a little drunk.
They didn't get me drunk...
Oh, yeah!
They got me drunker than a sheepherder on payday!
I didn't know what I was agreeing to.
They took advantage of your condition. That was mean!
When you sobered up,
you refused to go through with it. I'll swear on a Bible!
Then they threatened you if you didn't go along.
They tied my hands behind a chair,
and then they took out a knife...
I thought so.
Now...
After the holdup,
you decided to turn over everything that was stolen to the proper authorities.
Tell me if I'm wrong.
No, you're so right! Where's that Bible?
I don't think you're gonna need it.
Waited 'til they were asleep, then gathered up the loot.
One of 'em woke up and shot at you.
With a forty-five.
You had to shoot back in self-defense. Naturally.
By god, Chuck!
You're a pinkerton detective the way you figured this...
they chased after you, but you doubled-back and came right home.
To surrender every nickel, dime, quarter, dollar.
I was just oozin' with repentance,
because it was sinful of me to let those thieves pour whiskey down my throat!
And he handed me his gun without any trouble.
Well, yeah.
If the jury is convinced the way I am,
you just might possibly get a reward from the railroad!
How much?
How is he?
He's still unconscious.
He's coming to now.
Thanks, Kate. My head aches something awful.
Ah. Well, it'll feel better in the morning.
Now, let me see the hand.
Oh, it looks better. How does it feel?
A little better.
Now, soak it in the hot water.
Ah!
And then over in the cold.
Just keep switching it back and forth...
'Til the swellin's gone.
Oh, I, uh... I prefer the hot.
Good.
I could have done without bumping into you.
It sure was good to see Kate again.
Still as pretty to look at as four aces.
Somehow, she don't seem happy like she used to be.
She's not complaining. Never did.
Want some advice? Depends.
Take her away for a few days.
Give her a treat. Have some fun.
She likes it at the ranch. Don't be so damn sure.
I still think Kate's getting mighty tired...
Of being married to seven square feet...
Of the rock of ages.
I didn't know you were an expert on marriage.
I'm an expert on women. Let's move.
The law states that felonious taking of
personal property aboard a railroad train...
Is a capital offense punishable by death.
Suppose he throws himself on the mercy of the court.
The judge might consider clemency. Perhaps.
The railroads will apply the greatest of pressure to prevent it.
They were the prime movers in having the legislation enacted.
Why don't they go after the others...
That have six holdups to their credit...
Instead of the one who surrendered?
I'm not one to ignore extenuating circumstances.
The fact that no one was injured and he's made restitution...
Might be persuasive.
If he'll reveal the names of his accomplices,
I will consider a plea of rectus in curia.
When and if you receive the information,
I shall be in my office.
Billy, give me the names of the others.
I don't think Wilson swallowed our story...
About how it all happened,
but he said if you'd help him...
He'd let you plead something like a "rectum cufious."
You want to cut the deck a little deeper?
That's eastern talk for "you've changed...
And you won't do it again."
- Now who were they? - What if I don't tell you?
A rope and a trapdoor.
Don't be a horse's ass.
You wanna trade your Adam's apple...
For a couple of heisters who'd steal your eyeballs?
Chuck, Art Williams and his son, Perry,
and some dumb ox named Mike.
I don't know his last name.
He don't need one anymore.
I could've shot you last night.
Why didn't you?
I just keep makin' these dumb mistakes.
Frank, come lock this door.
We got a dangerous man in here.
Oh, finish your work. I'll get it.
Say hello to Kate for me.
If she ever makes some extra of those honey biscuits,
just drop 'em through the bars.
Oh, the district judge won't be coming through here...
For a week or so on your trial.
Hey, no hurry. I can wait.
Well, in the meantime, I thought...
I'd take Kate away for a few days. Yeah?
That's the only thing you're an expert in.
Be glad to come with you.
Frank.
Do me a favor. Take care of Billy.
A little extra on his plate. Sure.
Oh, and Billy's horse out in the corral,
see that he gets fed too.
Put that down.
Put the leg irons on me.
I want to go outside to the privy.
You just went.
It's my ears this time. I'm goin' crazy.
I keep hearin' that same thing over and over...
And over.
Stop playing that thing and grab a shovel.
You're doin' great, Chuck.
Yeah, and here's your share.
Don't that damn tune have an end?
I ain't got no end yet but it'll come to me someday.
Ah! It's stuck.
Oh, this got caught on the agitator. Oh.
There. Now try it.
There. What'll they think of next?
Maybe an indestructible woman.
That's already been invented.
I'm taking out a patent next week.
It's stuck. It's stuck again.
You got to do it in rhythm, Kate.
It says, like the way you like to waltz.
One, two, three, one. That's it.
Oh, that's easy. Here.
One, two and three.
Right? Two, three.
One, two, three.
Faster.
Faster, Kate! I am!
How long do I have to keep this up?
It says here agitate until clothes are clean.
Or until I collapse.
Kate?
I've been thinking.
We haven't gone away in a long time.
Do you mean what I think you mean?
It's been over a year since... you haven't got a fever, have you?
No, Kate, I mean it. Billy's trial won't come up for a couple of weeks.
We can use the money from that bull we sold.
Let's go someplace, have some fun like we used to.
Oh, Chuck.
Let's go to Carson City and see the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight.
Santa Fe.
Or we can go to the rodeo in Prescott. Santa Fe.
Or we can go to snow lake, go fishing. You like that.
Uh, Santa Fe to shop.
Shop?
We just got that thing and that gramophone.
What else do we need?
It may paralyze you, but I need new clothes.
Um, Santa Fe?
Santa Fe.
Oh, Chuck, we can go dancing.
Not me. Oh, yes, you! It's easy!
Remember the washing machine. One, two, three, Santa Fe.
And the restaurants and the clothes are... dry!
Morning, Mr. Wilson.
Good morning, Pook.
Martinez tells me you're tryin' Billy day after tomorrow.
What's the hurry?
I can't see any reason not to.
I thought the judge wasn't gonna be here for another week.
Sent me a telegram. He arrives in the morning.
You can get it over fast while the Sheriff's in Santa Fe.
And I trust enjoying himself.
I've been practicing law for 20 years...
And I've seen some pretty shady...
Mr. Bonney, the Sheriff has done his job.
Now I'll do mine.
And I'll do mine. I'll defend Billy.
Don't you think you'll appear rather ludicrous?
A defense attorney who'll be my star witness?
After all, I have your sworn testimony identifying Massey.
Room 206.
Have a pleasant stay. Thank you.
Here we are.
Just leave the suitcases here.
Here you are. Oh, thank you, sir.
There's more.
Yippee!
Santa Fe!
Frank, give me a light, huh?
Massey? Down here.
Hello, Mr. Wilson.
With that stove out, you got a mighty cold jail here.
Chuck told me what you were doin' and I appreciate it.
Your friend, the Sheriff, almost had me convinced...
What a respectable citizen you really are.
Like everyone else, I made a few mistakes.
I wrote those names down that you wanted.
They're professionals.
I'm not. I was broke.
So you shot and killed a man.
In self-defense.
I presume you have witnesses to testify...
To that fact.
I don't know where they are. How unfortunate.
I sent some telegrams this morning.
I find you've been in jails from El Paso...
To Cumbres.
Well, uh, fights, drunk charges.
But I swear that's all behind me.
So it is.
I gave myself up.
That was your last mistake.
If you'll glance out of your window...
You might look into your future.
Give it a try.
Chuck.
Nice and hot this morning, huh?
Morning, Billy.
Oh, good morning, Frank.
I got a stack of vvheats for you today.
Don't be a damn fool, Billy.
Open that gun locker.
Put that on my arm.
Sit down and stay put.
Tell Chuck I had to do it.
Billy.
Don't yell and back up.
Don't shoot!
Get back in that corner and don't move or it'll be your last move.
Please don't shoot. Please don't.
I don't know why I don't shoot you.
You all right, Joe?
Go after him.
Morning.
Just a little something to milk the cows in.
It's beautiful but how often do you have to water it?
Those people in Paris make a pretty hat. So I've heard, ma'am.
You ever get one in, we'd like to see it.
Well...
Well, which one do you like?
Take all three of them and the two hats.
Yes? Oh!
Sheriff Jarvis? In here.
Hotel said you were here. It's important. Thank you.
How much do we owe you? Just a minute.
Get dressed. Hurry up.
Come on, Chuck. We're gonna beat 'em.
We're gonna beat 'em, Billy. Come on. Let's go.
He banoed my head against the wall and took off.
- The telegram said he shot Joe. - Flesh wound.
Why did he bust out?
Wilson told him he was gonna hang.
Wilson, you miserable bastard.
Pook, take Mrs. Jarvis home and bring my gear and horse.
Go home, Kate, please. No, Chuck. I am not gonna...
he was spotted on the road toward Beckmann's at noon.
I've already contacted 12 men and 5 trackers.
They're standing by with bloodhounds.
I'm the one who appoints deputies, not you.
I have the authority. I contacted the governor during your absence.
Well, I'm not absent now and I don't need your men.
- I'm going after him alone. - And let him get away?
- Is he riding his own horse? - Yes.
He held me at gunpoint while he saddled him.
I know that horse's tracks. I'll get him.
If I'd had a pistol, I would have shot him.
It's a good thing you didn't have your pistol...
Or you wouldn't be here talking to me right now.
Who spotted him? Beckmann?
No one's going to accept a concocted story this time, yours or his.
I'll give you two days. After that I'll send a posse.
Come with me, Mr. Bonney.
Why? What are you trying to prove? What choice do I have?
Let the posse take him. And let 12 men blast away at him?
Now get home.
You, uh, ready, Miz Jarvis?
Yes, Pook.
Sheriff's going after him alone.
You in the mood for a deal?
Maybe. I could use two extra guns.
Half what's in Massey's saddlebags.
You're kind of expensive. But you're kinda smart.
There's also a sizeable reward out for you.
And everything goes to Kate...
Except that II'Itle parcel of land over at Goodwin's.
That's for Bennie.
You, uh... figurin' qn gettin' yourself killed, Charles?
I got a good chance at it.
All right, tops.
How about you and me puttin' on 30 miles today, huh?
I think the old moose is gettin' anxious again.
We'll just follow on nice and easy.
One of 'em spent the night here.
We're not too far behind.
Sheriff's still out there about a mile ahead.
Let's don't rush him, Perry.
What are you doin' with that?
Special load for Billy. Busted glass and scrap iron.
Looks like the Sheriff's settlin' down for the night.
No fires.
Let's move, Almanac. I can't sleep anyway.
All right. Now we'll take it nice and easy.
We didn't even bend a pine needle.
He'll be all right.
Not if Billy gets the first shot.
I wish there was something I could do to...
I just hope he doesn't find him.
Where the hell did he go?
Well, friend, looks like we lost him someplace.
Rawhide.
Well, I'll be damned.
Billy's not the kind to walk on water, so I guess he rode in it.
Let's go, Almanac, come on.
Let's get out of here!
You should have stayed up in the pines, Billy.
That's him, all right.
How about circlin' around? Cut Billy off?
No, let the Sheriff do his work.
Then we move in.
Storm hits, we'll lose 'em both.
Don't you ever sleep?
Come on.
All right now, don't panic on me.
We'll go 'round the upwind side. Then we'll put the fire between him and us.
Come on!
All right, easy, easy, tops, I won't let you get burned.
Come on.
Okay, if you won't let me lead ya, we're gonna have to ride out.
Come here! Come here! Easy! Come here, hold it!
All right, easy! Easy! Stay with me! Stay with me! Easy!
Hold it, Billy!
Billy, the next one's in your head. You got no place to go.
Throw the rifle in the creek, then the gun.
You sure are a persistent bastard.
You forget. I get 50 cents a mile.
That's the third one. Let's go!
Hey, watch that thing! You ain't that good a shot.
You might miss and hit me.
I said, throw the rifle in the creek.
Now, the gun.
Chuck, this is a good one. It'll take me a week to clean it.
Where are you up there?
I'll be right down.
How'd you find me down here?
It wasn't easy. You're gettin' tricky,
putfin' that rawhide on, playin' hide-and-seek in a fire.
Oh, it was all hide, believe me.
Don't forget to tell Kate how sorry I am I broke up her trip to Santa Fe.
Drop your rifle.
Oh, Billy, you ain't got nothin' to shoot...
where'd you get that gun? I won it in a raffle.
Joe's gun. I should have remembered.
All I want's your horse.
It's up there, but I'm finding you pretty hard on horses.
I got a spare one too, Billy. Trick vest, I should have remembered.
Cut across the creek.
Did you bring a posse? No.
Who's out there?
This is Sheriff Jarvis! Who is it?
We want Billy Massey!
- That ain't no posse. - Why are they shootin'?
Those are the friends you asked me about. Art Williams?
Sounds like he picked up a couple recruits.
Missed. Wet his pants though.
Don't waste 'em, Chuck. I'll watch up the hill and you watch down there.
Sheriff, send Billy Massey with his hands up!
Make sure that saddlebag comes with him! You can go back to Cumbres.
Now, that's an interesting proposition.
It's a little smoky in here, but I like it.
And I need company.
Hey, Art, I'm set! Let me know when you're ready.
That sounds like old frog voice clem.
This trip might be worth it, after all. Glad you think so.
All right! Start firin'!
Why'd we have to pick this place?
Bet this was once a picnic ground.
It sure as hell ain't now.
Billy, where'd they get ya?
He didn't. I'm just waitin' for him...
To raise up and take a bow.
Perry? Perry!
I think I got him. What's one from four?
It used to be three.
What do you say we make it two to two?
Surprise me.
Clem? Clem!
It's two to two.
Now it's even money.
You had to take a bow too, huh?
Ooh, I never knew getting nicked in the ass could hurt so much.
I'm glad it was you and not me, 'cause that's where my brains is.
These friends of yours must be usin' bear guns.
They're not close friends. Sheriff!
You ready to send him out?
Sheriff don't feel too good now.
Art, I'll throw the saddlebag out if you'll leave us two horses.
I want you and the saddlebag!
Still greedy, aren't ya, art?
Here, throw the damn saddlebag. I'll cover ya.
Wish I had some dynamite to put in it.
Or maybe I wish we'd spent the afternoon somewhere else.
Roundin' up the herd at our ranch.
You think you can...
you think you can shoot to hit, Chuck?
Yeah, I can make a noise. What have you got in mind?
I'm goin' out and shoot the man down.
Don't forget, if you aim towards Art, I'm the one with the glass head.
Come and get it, farmer!
Billy!
You've been after him all his life.
Well, you're not gonna get him.
Billy, you stop spittin' at me or I'll dunk you!
I'm not spittin' at you, Chuck. I'm spittin' at the world.
Well, that's the world spittin' back at ya.
They got me!